Protests in Khabarovsk again reminded of the unpleasant circumstance of Muscovites: residents of other regions don’t like them.
talk openly About it and Khabarovsk, and the expert regionalist. And Khabarovsk, according to them, is no exception. Hostility to the nation’s capital and its inhabitants is shown by the inhabitants of almost all regions.
Where the roots of this “dislike”? What are the reasons? For answers, we turned to the residents of the regions. It turned out that this topic is extremely painful for them and hot.
Everyone who is quoted in this article belong to the middle class and middle age. Someone working in the civil service, someone who works in a private company, who is engaged in the business.
Among them representatives of the “national” regions, such as the Caucasian republics or Tatarstan. I deliberately did not include them in the poll, trying to avoid the inevitable in this case, the background of international relations.
Most of my interlocutors were women. It was an accident. But it’s for the best.
Women in the first place you see everyday cause of any hostility — those that arise in the everyday, not on political grounds.
I just wanted to separate the everyday complaints from Muscovites claim to the Federal government, which is often associated with inhabitants of regions with Moscow due to the fact that there is the Kremlin and the White house.
However, to completely avoid the policy still failed.
Alexander, Peter:
“I St. Petersburg, quite successful and work in Moscow, but every time I come home, it’s a rage growing inside. And it’s not some irrational hatred. It is an objective anger. For the allocation of resources, that in hospitals of St. Petersburg, my friends are now dying from the crown, and in Moscow hospitals will shift back. For the fact that Peter is my grandfather and grandmother out of the apartment do not go from November to April due to the uncleared streets, and in Moscow outdoor fitness equipment in each yard sleeping areas. Because traffic jams in St. Petersburg more than Moscow. Spooky colonial approach in all organizations and enterprises of Moscow: we’ll pay you a penny and you’ll do it, but in Moscow everything is expensive. Because many things are cheaper than in the rest of the country because driven through Moscow. For it is here: “And what prevents you to move to Moscow and live there and earn”. And incomparable with other cities xenophobia towards migrants, people who have no money, homeless, etc.”.
Olga: Voronezh
“we Dislike is not likely to Muscovites as people, and to Moscow, because the resources are distributed unfairly. All taxes to the center. In the field of money remains very little. The region is waiting for subsidies from the center and from��itawamba election results. From the results, as I have heard, depends on how much money you will give to development of the region. And that is a very angry people. The fact that you have to depend on the will of the Federal center.
Annoying not being able to pick their power.
Pensions are also annoying: my grandmother lives in Voronezh, her sister in Moscow. Due to the increase in Moscow from her pension doubled. Although they had the same starting conditions, they are equally worked.”
Michael Kaluga:
“the biggest aggravation against the Muscovites have caused coronavirus. In social networks began to resent that the area is not closed, and city residents carry the infection to us and the trouble of the company. In social networks exhibited photos of cars with Moscow numbers because they stand in the courtyards and in General here? Only later realized that the Kaluga can also carry the infection, because many people are working in Moscow.
Another aspect of hostility is associated with the Moscow summer residents. They buy in the Kaluga region houses, land, apartments in new buildings. And at some point there is a problem with garbage removal and road development. Vehemently accused each other who is more litter. But now it seems to have abated — apparently, the problem somehow resolved”.
Olga, Kaliningrad oblast:
“in our region, to distinguish the Muscovites and “Muscovites”.
Muscovites — decent, normal people come to the region, buy an apartment, interested in history.
“Muscovites” — as a rule, officials who are here send. They stupidly behave as invaders: perform all the orders of the Federal center, which would be stupid as they are, spit on the opinion of the residents, do not listen to them, use edge for cutting the dough (there are many examples very: abandoned construction sites, the stolen billions), behave arrogantly, I perceive people as “population”.
In 2011, announced to start construction of a cancer hospital 2020 — Oncology center was never built. In 2011 began the construction of the Baltic nuclear power plant. Promised a solution to the problems with electricity. 3 years later, after spending 50 billion rubles, the construction freeze. Instead I built 4 power plants running on coal, the protests of environmentalists ignored.
the Eternal problem with Russian law: “moskali” make decisions without considering the interests of the inhabitants of the region. The eternal problem with customs. Customs officers inspect 80% of the cargo “from Russia to Russia”. Customs duties trying to impose even the personal belongings of citizens who moved TO Russia.
the icing on the cake: the customs duty is subject to gas entering the pipe from Russia to KO, as it is considered imports because the pipeline runs through the territory of Lithuania. The cost of gas for inhabitants of area one of the most expensive in the country. He loved�� these “Muscovites”?!!”
Zlata, Izhevsk:
“we believe that Muscovites are getting fat. Feel it fully, when my mother briefly came to his native Izhevsk after finally moved to Moscow.
all the belief that the Moscow pensioners, the pension giant, and mother of almost every heard: “Well, as you sobakinskaya pension? Not our pennies…” Although pensions are not significantly different, but “Moscow” is given only after 10 years of residence in Moscow.
I heard from each, I have a good life, because the salaries in Moscow hoo, not in Izhevsk, where “young people have nowhere to run!” Most of my salary is eaten by a mortgage and Moscow prices, no one cares.
the Peak of hatred was when we went to our favorite women’s clothing store in downtown and bought outfits based on the whole year. The store is great, and the prices are three times lower than in Moscow, so we always try to stock up when you come. What we heard from buyers! That we have money to burn and just felt in his glances. Happy was the only sellers that have a percentage of revenue”.
Anastasia, Sarov:
“I applied to College in the restoration Department. But it turned out, if no residence in Moscow or area, you have no right to learn. Only Muscovites can learn, it turns out. And who is not a Muscovite, he could not get a profession, which was the dream.
back in Moscow, my problem was with the clinic. I needed a doctor, but I was deployed, there is no registration — come to the bath.
I am a citizen of the Russian Federation! We have free medicine! And I can’t get medical care. In the end, the doctors I was only recently when I went home in Sarov”.
Anna, Astrakhan:
“in the Spring, when it comes to water and spawns the roach, to Astrakhan fishing massively go Muscovites. The demand for tickets is very growing, they are getting more expensive ten times. Astrakhan, working in other cities, it is impossible to fly home on holidays in may. You have to buy the train ticket and shaking for 30 hours in a car with reserved seats. And Muscovites fly. They have the money. Two hours — and they in Astrakhan.
Fishing this has turned into a glamorous vacation. Near Astrakhan built superluxury-cottages, rent for millions.
last year in may I had to fly from Astrakhan to Moscow. The ticket usually costs 2 thousand. But then had to buy it for 30 thousand rubles. When I entered the plane, I just felt numb. All the passengers were in Gucci. That’s absolutely everything, including small children. Even the kids were krossovochki Gucci.
Alex Stavropol:
“Moscow is annoying not only because that’s where all the money goes, but also the fact that going to young and talented people. And in the end, the regions are not developing.
It is common to ��this Russia the reason is the brain drain.
More people are annoyed that the local authorities blindly repeat all actions in Moscow without seeing the specifics of the regions. As a consequence, all the impression is that Moscow does not see the specifics of the regions”.
Valentina Orenburg:
“the Reason for this, as you say, “dislike” to Muscovites — a huge difference in the standard of living you and us. You can’t even begin to imagine. You are concerned about these things we would be in a tremendous occasion.
Now I have a house in the country. In the spring I anxious there is a Bush plant. On the market, this Bush is 500-700 rubles. I’ve been thinking: to buy, not to buy.
In the early summer come to Moscow to son. He had four years in Moscow. And now I come and see them in the yard of an ordinary apartment building on a bed of such bushes 50 pieces.
I’m an entrepreneur. I have thought a hundred times to buy a seedling or not to buy. And you have a city flower bed in the most banal yard of their bundle of sticks. I have these bushes just killed, to be honest.
In each district you have sport grounds with rubber coatings. We do nothing. I’m not talking about the road. About the house, the porches, the level of housing.
From the point of view of medicine, is also a huge difference. We the people just mret. We buried over the past month, two relatives, one is 43, the other 50. Stupid — from the heart. Both went to the hospital for six months before death — no help. Medicine just is. And there you have my grandson almost on hand at the clinic wore.
You have no idea how fucked we are living.
I Have a hardware store. I see what the crazy demand for “vegetable matter”. We have 40-degree heat, and people to the bones at their dachas. Plow around the clock, so in the winter the food was at least some.
hatred of the Muscovites no. This is different. Muscovites resent them.
Although the residents themselves so much no one bykuet. More on the power of Moscow.
And my son in Moscow was to live, he globepost some appeared. And irritability. I annoy underdevelopment: what are you, mom, this dark messenger is not in use.
Muscovites in General, all cold. And snobs”.
Pauline, Tyumen:
“we Seem to have a special negative no. Probably because the standard of living in General, not much lower, and most people of your city love.
of Course, there is a view of a Moscow snobbery, effeminacy and penchant for whining, but it’s more on the level of jokes. The only thing I have not been able to forgive care of Sobyanin in Moscow. He’s a local hero and favorite, and his transfer to the capital upset the majority of the population, until now this topic POPs up.
Now, after so many years, write in any of the Tyumen public “return Sobyanin” — will be thousands of advantages and a lot agree�� comments. The main claim we have to the Muscovites, therefore, is this: why are you our Mr Sobyanin not like?”
Olga, Novosibirsk:
“Not like Moscow because of the centralization of decision-making, for lobbying, for the seizure of companies, because local side business. Our Novosibirsk IT-sector could not get into the registry of domestic software development companies, though would give odds to many Moscow companies.
I do not like Moscow for the lack of a comprehensive Federal relations, the centralization of resources and the severance tax (tax on mineral extraction). It is clear that ordinary Muscovites in all this sort of innocent. But the dislike still applies to them.”
Anton, Krasnoyarsk Krai:
“our Region is very rich: oil, gas, Nickel. But all the money from our resources go to Moscow, and Moscow decides how much of the Federal budget occlusivity money to Krasnoyarsk. The result is that it shake their money, and the landscaping of the region, no one does.
we Have, for example, is based Norilsk Nickel. The Norilsk city “environmental disaster” where people really die early.
Or to take Krasnoyarsk. In the region the gas is extracted, but the Krasnoyarsk still not gasified. Obtains energy from hydroelectric plants, which are constantly burning coal. Because of this, every year we have declared the mode “black sky”. The whole city is covered with a black haze. It is impossible to breathe. Then, coming from Moscow environment Minister advises the Governor to decorate smokestacks in Moscow before the New year: garlands, lights. And the people they will be associated with something harmful.
these plants the edge of nothing, because their own people in Moscow.
the inhabitants naturally raises the question: why these people, Muscovites, spoil our nature, take our money and poison us and forced thus to leave their region? It’s very hard now is manifested, because of the terrible environment really leave a lot.
In Krasnoyarsk are people who don’t even know in principle what Moscow was not there, had not seen the Muscovites, it is for them as a completely different country. “Why is some unknown, strange uncle at some Moscow so much affect my everyday life? they say. — Why do we do?”
Nino, Yakutsk:
“potential of Mineral resources of Yakutia are estimated at 78.4 trillion — 1-e a place in Russia. In Yakutia produced 95% of diamonds in Russia. 3-e a place in Russia for gold mining, leader in mining antimony and tin. The share of Yakutia accounts for 47% of proven coal reserves, 35% of natural gas and oil in Eastern Siberia and the Far East.
Do all of the above resources is logical the fact that the people of such a rich Republic at a temperature of -50 go the toilet on the street?
Are these resources enough to build normal roads between settlements?
among the Yakuts there are no other possibilities to reach the capital — where all medicine, by the way — except for days to drive a car on a virtual road. To get to Yakutsk in the summer, we have to pray that it didn’t rain otherwise you can just get stuck in the middle of the track.
After the vote on the amendments to the Constitution, the mayor of Yakutsk has said absolutely right about the fact that the inhabitants of the Republic have no relation neither to the opposition nor to protest or struggle of elites come and see the conditions in which people live, and many things will become clear.
we are not Talking about any kind of dislike for Moscow and Muscovites. Yakut — other people and always felt and will feel different people, different language, different traditions. People just live their lives, they actually have no policy, they do not think of separation, not about the protests or about something else.
But of course, when the head of the Republic said that the natural resources of Yakutia will allow it to achieve the same economic recovery as the one that occurs in the United Arab Emirates, everything becomes funny. Because of the wealth do the same. But something prevents to achieve that lift, but just some basic things. Well, traditionally, that “something” — a disproportionate proportion of what Yakutia pays and what he receives.
in Short, resources to the Fig, and the life of the poor as well? How so?”
PS Initially in this article, I was going to summarize the reasons, traditionally causing the aversion to the Muscovites in the regions, and to provide a light, sometimes even humorous solutions such as: “comrades Muscovites, let’s not show contempt for the “outside of Moscow”, not to show how civilized we can be, and they are the village”.
But according to a survey I already prepared myself to hate Moscow and Muscovites, even though Moscow origin.
it is Clear that Moscow is characterized by a quality of life, and it can not hurt people who do not have this level. But the irritation that they feel much stronger everyday hostility of those who are poorer to those who are richer.
Printed text does not convey tone, the reader can not hear voices. But believe me, the intensity of emotions is often through the roof.
the Situation is clearly unhealthy. I, as a journalist, there is no recipes for part of her treatment. But I hope that this article will attract the attention of high-level government officials responsible for domestic politics and interregional relations. Amid protests in Khabarovsk this should be particularly interesting to them.
